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If it makes you feel any better, I'm rapidly approaching the ripe old age of 28 and I still haven't gone to college. My comlaw is 25, went once and dropped out. Now she's figured out a path she wants to follow and determined that she'll need a university degree for it, so she's looking at going again. I may or may not in the future -- it depends on where my career takes me. Opportunites are opening up in a big way for me right now, so at least in the near future I don't see it being a necessity. Maybe on the far side of 30.
Fuck the status quo. Go when you're ready, and when you have a reason. Don't go for the sake of going. The great thing about college is that it's not a limited time offer -- whenever you get to that point where you feel that lack of education is a barrier to further advancement, you can go ahead and do it. 30, 40, 50, whatever. There's no such thing as too old.
Don't worry about the girls right now. Relationships are like school -- you don't want to dive in just for the sake of being there. Start pursuing some of your interests, and see where they take you. You don't have to have a goal in mind; just find something you like and start doing it. Unless your list of interesting activities consists of things like meditation and agoraphobia you're going to meet people in the process, and statistically speaking some of those people are bound to have girl parts. Don't try to force it. Just let it happen.
I figured out where I want to be by figuring out where I didn't want to be. A few of the careers that I considered, and took either classes or entry level jobs in:
* Writer
* Auto mechanic
* Baker
* Heavy equipment operator
* Heavy equipment mechanic
* Salesman
* Social worker
* System Administrator
Now the last one looks to be shaping up into a career. I enjoy it, I'm good at it, and I can see myself doing it for at least a few years. And hey, along the way I learned how to communicate, how to bake a loaf of bread, how to do a brake job, how to work with others, and how to be outgoing and assertive. Almost by accident I became a fairly well-rounded person.
This is the path you should be taking. Find something that interests you. Do it for six months or a year. Try it on, see how it fits -- you'll certainly learn something new and you just might find the right fit for you.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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